AGE Readings 17<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn 404 BCE, democratic Athens surrendered to Sparta after decades of conflict. A group known as the Thirty Tyrants then took control of Athens, but democracy was restored the next year. Among the Thirty was a man named Eratosthenes, who allegedly murdered the brother of the famous orator and legal expert Lysias. Lysias published a speech prosecuting Eratosthenes. Here Lysias explains that sometimes defendants point to their good, patriotic deeds as counterbalancing any crimes they committed, but that is impossible for Eratosthenes:<\/p>\n
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Lysias 12.39-42<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03ba\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9 show, display<\/p>\n
\u1f08\u03c4\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae -\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f21 Attica<\/p>\n
\u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf (3rd pl aorist) take from (+ gen.)<\/p>\n
\u1f00\u03c6\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b7 \u2013\u03bf\u03bd having returned<\/p>\n
\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b1 \u2013\u03bf\u03bd more secure<\/p>\n
\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b7 \u2013\u03bf\u03bd wanting, planning<\/p>\n
\u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 need<\/p>\n
\u03b4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03c1\u03bf here<\/p>\n
\u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1 \u2013\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f21<\/p>\n
\u1f19\u03bb\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f41 Hellespont<\/p>\n
\u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03af next, then<\/p>\n
\u1f38\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03ba\u03bb\u03ae\u03c2 \u2013\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u1f41 Iatrocles<\/p>\n
\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd < \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 + \u03b1\u1f31\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 take down, destroy<\/p>\n
\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c2 \u2013\u03ac\u03c3\u03b1 \u2013\u03ac\u03bd having established<\/p>\n
\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03ce\u03bd \u2013\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1 \u2013\u03cc\u03bd having abandoned<\/p>\n
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\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03ba\u03ac\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9 dig up, destroy<\/p>\n
\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd \u2013\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 speaker, orator<\/p>\n
\u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd now<\/p>\n
\u03bf\u1f37\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b1 \u2013\u03bf\u03bd (of the same kind) as (here correlates with \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd)<\/p>\n
\u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03af\u03b1 \u2013\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f21 oligarchy<\/p>\n
\u1f45\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 where<\/p>\n
\u1f45\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b1 \u2013\u03bf\u03bd as; as many of (here correlates with \u03c4\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2)<\/p>\n
\u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9 this way<\/p>\n
\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 marker of emphasis<\/p>\n
\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd < \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9 + \u03b1\u1f31\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 take away<\/p>\n
\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u2013\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f41 citizen<\/p>\n
\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03c2 often<\/p>\n
\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf (3rd pl aorist) acquire \u03c3\u03ba\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9 strip from<\/p>\n
\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03b5\u03b4\u03bf\u03bd \u2013\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03cc military camp<\/p>\n
\u03c4\u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03b1 = \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03b1<\/p>\n
\u03a4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u2013\u03c9\u03bd The Four Hundred (a brief oligarchy eight years earlier, in 411 BCE)<\/p>\n
\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7 \u2013\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf of the same kind (as)<\/p>\n
\u03c4\u03cc\u03bb\u03bc\u03b7 \u2013\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f21 boldness, daring<\/p>\n
\u03c4\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7 \u2013\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf so great, so large<\/p>\n
\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 \u2013\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f41 trierarch (commander of a trireme warship)<\/p>\n
\u03c6\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u2013\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03cc fort, garrison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-161","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":18,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/161\/revisions\/162"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/18"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/161\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/ancientgreek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}